But these steps are largely ineffective or worse.

Letter by Aleppo health association says all city's hospitals inoperable because of Assad Putin bombardment.

Innovative must not become a euphemism for non transparent, ineffective, or unsound.

Reinfection makes treatment more difficult, or potentially ineffective, for both women and men.

These generous gestures will certainly help to improve the armed forces transport fleet, which is currently largely inoperable.

By contrast, subsidizing current, ineffective solar power or ethanol mostly wastes money while benefiting special interests.

They are second best local policy responses to an ineffective mechanism for international adjustment (or non adjustment).

Those who claim that capital controls are ineffective seldom specifyat what they are presumed to be ineffective.

Efforts by both the Government and the armed groups to control armed elements are often insufficient or ineffective.

The opposition remains fragmented and ineffective.

It is ineffective in apprehending criminals.

Given that small arms are inoperable without ammunition, the flow of ammunition for small arms and light weapons must also be brought under control.

After all, vision without implementation is ineffective.

Many, however, see these actions as ineffective.

Domestic remedies thus proved ineffective and inadequate.

Or you can oppose controls because you think that they can be easily evaded and are therefore doomed to remain ineffective.

It observes that the author has not submitted that such remedies are ineffective or that such remedies would be unreasonably prolonged.

This information gap quite frequently leads to inadequate or ineffective cooperation and coordination among the various donors and their implementing agencies.

Introducing rules after market entry has been granted to large chains, for example zoning regulations, will be ineffective or will protect incumbents.

Use prior to the expiration date does not guarantee the safety of a food or drug, and a product is not necessarily dangerous or ineffective after the expiration date.

The attacks were ineffective and killed only one or two militants, largely because the members of the group had been warned in advance.

Deploying and sustaining the mission would be a considerable challenge in a country the size of Western Europe and an area of responsibility measuring approximately 1,250 by 1,000 kilometres and having poor communications, few hardened roads or runways and an inoperable railway system.

But patents are ineffective in some industries, like finance.

TR How is the current Lebanese Syrian commission ineffective?

Diplomatic initiatives and UN sanctions are seen as hopelessly ineffective.

Many people don't know that antibiotics are ineffective against viral diseases.

So once again Russians must face how ineffective their military is.

Today s focus on ineffective and costly climate policies shows poor judgment.

Without such active involvement, decision making will continue to be ineffective.

The practice of adopting country resolutions has proven to be ineffective.

Second, there are policy failures, which occur when undisciplined macroeconomic policies and inconsistent or ineffective financial regulatory policies heighten the risks associated with volatile capital flows.

This is most effective in direct or thermal store plumbing and is virtually ineffective in systems that use evacuated tube collectors, due to their superior insulation.

The embargo on the export of diamonds from Liberia is rapidly becoming ineffective, as miners dig with a flagrant disregard for national or United Nations authority.

The Committee considers that, whilst the author of a communication does not bear the sole burden of proof for a contention that a particular domestic remedy is ineffective, an author must at least present a prima facie argument in support of such a proposition, and substantiate his or her reasons for believing that the remedy in question is or would be ineffective.

Why has the Fund s surveillance of the US economy been so ineffective?

Ineffective governments with weak leadership are at the root of the problem.

The organizational structure for gender mainstreaming in UNDP is inadequate and ineffective.

But, despite the grumbling, India s city dwellers like those elsewhere do not want to sacrifice the enormous gains of the past few decades to ineffective or corrupt governance.

While the National Children's Committee exists, it is basically ineffective in monitoring and recommending strategies or advocating on behalf of children who are in abusive and exploitative situations.

Conversely, if international relations are defined without justice or spirituality and are void of moral considerations, then mechanisms for promoting confidence and peace will remain insufficient and ineffective.

As a result, international climate policy would become unrecognizable, ineffective, and, ultimately, irrelevant.

John Maynard Keynes argued that monetary policy was ineffective during the Great Depression.

But, while government policies, according to this school, are ineffective, that matters little.

A third answer is that policy instruments are simply ineffective in today s conditions.

It may be due to neglect and ineffective action over so many years.